1
We all turn to dust …
So am I sweeping away
Wee specks of people?
2
My room with a view
Is a newly formed space
Where I contemplate…
3
Midwinter beach but
Swimmers swim, musician plays
And fisher people fish.
5
Winter – whipped white waves
Gambol like lambs in spring grass.
Pale winter beach day.
6
Frosty morning grass
Yet two rabbits venture out
From freezing burrows.
7
Drinking coffee as
I watch the hillside breathing
Under its rocky ribs,
Or is this one of
Those throwbacks to an acid trip
Taken long ago.
8
Laughter
Babies’ eyes crinkle,
Big dribbly mouths stretch and curve.
My granny heart pops.
9
Local knitters say
Too cold now to be naked.
Here’s a sleeve.
10
Winter
Naked winter trees
Warming their trunks in pale sun
Willing new leaf growth.
11
Sea birds in a flock
Form a line like a kite tail.
Flying to the north.
12
Summer time today
Disguised in warm, smooth, pale gray.
Winter Solstice close.
13
Waiting for a train
On the platform in the rain
But it hasn’t come.
14
Icy, prickin’ rain
Pierces wee holes in my skin
To keep my face fresh
15
Farewell golden ball.
Kia ora moon, just a half,
Never half a sun
(Or …)
16
Sunny afternoons
Always too shy to undress
And shed morning cloud.
17
Why does rain falling
Persuade people to stay in?
Put on your raincoat
(Why does falling rain
Persuade people to stay in?
Put your raincoat on.)
18
Foxton you beauty,
A toilet stop and sunshine –
Nothing more required.
19
More rain has fallen,
Grass is springing and greening
Under a clear sky.
20
A glorious day,
Sea and sky of many blues.
Oystercatchers run.
21
A train ticket still
Fascinating for two kids
Travelling today.
22
Anzac poppies grow
On driftwood branches here in
Aotearoa.
23
Rainbow up ahead.
Palette of bright colours to
Paint when the rain goes.
